Name: Colocasia In Tamarind Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 g Colocasia (Chembu); 1 cup Tomatoes (chopped); 100 g Tamarind; 1 tbsp Red chilly powder; 50 g Jaggery (Sharkara); 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 6 nos Roughly mashed garlic cloves; 1/2 cup Onions (chopped); 2 tbsp Green chillies (chopped); Ginger (garlic paste - 1 tsp); 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Coriander seed powder; 200 ml Refined Oil; Salt (As reqd); 1/4 cup Curry leaves; 1 cup Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

Colocasia In Tamarind Soup

Colocasia/chembu tubers cooked in tamarind juice, jaggery and other ingredients

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

500 g Colocasia Chembu
1 cup Tomatoes chopped
100 g Tamarind
1 tbsp Red chilly powder
50 g Jaggery Sharkara
1 tsp Turmeric powder
6 nos Roughly mashed garlic cloves
1/2 cup Onions chopped
2 tbsp Green chillies chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Coriander seed powder
200 ml Refined Oil
Salt As reqd
1/4 cup Curry leaves
1 cup Coriander leaves finely chopped

Instructions

Cook the colocasia tubers in boiling water till the tubers become smooth. Peel the outer husk and keep the tubers aside.
Add warm water to the tamarind, soak for about fifteen minutes and extract thick juice into a bowl.
Take a deep bottomed pan, add oil and heat. Splutter the mustard seeds.
Add the onion pieces and fry until brown. Add the tomato pieces, ginger-garlic paste, green chilly pieces, turmeric powder, red chilly powder and roughly mashed garlic bulbs and simmer until tomato pieces become smooth.
Add the colocasia tubers, coriander seed powder, curry leaves and enough salt. Mix well and fry till oil shows up.
Add the tamarind juice and jaggary, mix thoroughly, add water and place a lid on the pan.
Allow the contents to simmer in medium flame till cooked well.
Top the dish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

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Colocasia In Tamarind Soup